Physiological activities and efficient production processes of chitosan oligosaccharides

Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 285-296

  Kuroiwa, Takashi ^a   Ichikawa, Sosaku ^a   Sato, Seigo ^a   Mukataka, Sukekuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 24944584051     PISSN: 1341027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/nskkk.52.285     Document Type: Review

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